136Regulations relating to accommodation

136 Regulations relating to accommodation

(1) The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing the accommodation to be provided for the master, officers and crew of a ship and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, prescribing matters for or in relation to: (a) the minimum amount of space to be provided for each person; (b) the maximum number of persons to be accommodated in a specified part of a ship; (c) the part of a ship in which the whole or a part of the accommodation is to be provided; (d) the requirements to be observed in the construction, furnishing and equipment of the accommodation, including heating, lighting and ventilation; (e) the maintenance and repair of the accommodation; (f) the prohibition or restriction of the use of accommodation for a purpose other than that specified; (g) the provision of hot and cold fresh water; (h) the provision of bedding, mess utensils, towels and toilet requisites; (i) the inspection of the accommodation; (j) the submission of plans and specifications relating to the provision or alteration of accommodation; and (k) the modification of a provision of the regulations in its application to a ship, or the exemption of a ship from the application of a provision of the regulations, where the keel of the ship was laid before the date of commencement of the provision or the ship had reached, before that date, a stage of construction specified in the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph. (2) The regulations may make provision in relation to giving effect to: (a) the Accommodation of Crews Convention (Revised) 1949 adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation on 18 June 1949; and (b) the Accommodation of Crews (Supplementary Provisions) Convention 1970 adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation on 30 October 1970. (3) If a provision of either Convention applies only in relation to a particular class of ships or in relation to ships engaged on a particular class of voyages, a regulation that gives effect to that provision may be applied to ships of any other class or to ships engaged in any other class of voyages. (4) Section 2 does not have effect in relation to a regulation made for the purposes of this section. (5) Regulations and orders giving effect to the Conventions do not apply in relation to a ship referred to in paragraph 2(1)(a), (b), (c) or (d) to the extent that a law of a State or of the Northern Territory gives effect to the Conventions in relation to that ship.